The company's purpose is to manage, buy and sell, as well as administer real estate. The yield serves to finance the ecclesiastical mandate in the sense of the Church Law of the Canton of Bern. The company exclusively pursues public-law objectives. It provides its economic services under the conditions of a public task of the Canton of Bern. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, participate in other companies, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real property. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.